LO FIVE // EMOTION WAVE

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Fantastic to have Emotion Wave featured and Propagate reviewed in the latest Electronic Sound mag :)

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Stunning design and craftsmanship from Emotion Wave creative director Matt Lewis [themodernworld.co.uk]. We’re only making 30 of these for PROPAGATE, then they’re gone forever! Taking preorders now from Norman Records and the Emotion Wave bandcamp page.

normanrecords.com/records/170220-lo-five-propagate emotionwave.bandcamp.com/album/propagate themodernworld.co.uk

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Rykard Q&A – Emotion Wave – Medium

We’re very excited to be welcoming downtempo electronic artist Rykard to play for us at Emotion Wave 12 on Saturday 10 March. Here’s a…

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Recent stuff

https://lofivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/my-house-is-my-house-volume-one

Been a busy couple of months since Xmas so I’ll round it all up into one post...

I’ve just put out an EP of super lofi house-y sounds - called My House is My House, Vol.1  all hand sequenced and unquantized, no laptops were hurt during the making of this! There’s more on the way, possibly through a tasty label: https://lofivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/my-house-is-my-house-volume-one

Emotion Wave has awaken from a prolonged state of inactivity and metabolic depression to bring you it’s twelfth instalment of experimental electronic sounds from across the north west. Join our congregation and experience live sets from: RYKARD // [Beautifully crafted glacial downtempo electronica, perfect for evening reflection. Check out his latest album, 2016’s ‘Luminosity’: https://rykard.bandcamp.com] Bye Louis // AKA Less Effect DJ and dance producer, Horus - Kieran Callanan’s alter ego Bye Louis explores electronic music from a songwriting perspective: https://soundcloud.com/horushere BRN/rd/YND // Experimental analog noise and crescendos of textures - with an LP released last year ‘It Is Almost Complete’: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/brn-rd-ynd-it-is-almost-complete/659196-01/ We’re also very happy to welcome back Bemp, currently busy in the studio working on their debut album - who’ll be spinning tunes for us all evening.

In terms of live sets - I had a blast supporting Moon Duo last month. I may be playing RSD on 21 April at 81 Renshaw, plus there’s something in the pipeline for September which I’m very excited about. Also working on a potential all day summer event - bit of work behind the scenes going on with this - all to be announced in due course...

Currently working on a new release of remixes and compilation tracks I’ve made for other people. It’s called ‘Propagate’ and it’ll be available on a rather gorgeous looking CD via Emotion Wave. Announcement coming soon - join the mailing list for updates on that: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1625447444360393/ // http://eepurl.com/34KX1

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Getintothis' Top 100 Albums of 2017 - A Year in Review - Getintothis

As 2017 draws to a close, Getintothis presents our tenth annual top 100 albums of the year. Another year nearly done and dusted, and another year of new music well and truly digested. It’s really only when we’re compiling (read: wrestling haplessly) with our annual top 100 album lists that we manage to see the woodRead More

Made it into the Getintothis top 100 albums of 2017 - thanks for listening!

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Happy to have made it into Liverpool etc’s ‘Seventeen from Seventeen’ end of year list, some real gems in there I wasn’t aware of.

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New release from Upitup Records out now. 'Knobheads' is a compilation featuring the best electronic music from various crews across Liverpool, to celebrate the label's 10 years in the city - and I'm very happy to have my track 'Unlock Your True Potential' on there 📈 Download for FREE from http://upitup.com/releases/upfree70

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Daffodils compilation album

Emotion Wave is proud to present Daffodils, a compilation album of experimental electronic artists from Liverpool and beyond.

The album features new and unreleased music from Phono Ghosts, Polypores, Mark Peters, Lo Five, Impulse Array, Afternaut, Melodien, Isocore, Foxen Cyn, Loka, Mark Lawless, Dublock, Jean Michel Noir, Glitchfield Plaines, The Long Rays, Simon Jones Chillout Donk Experience + more.

The album is be available to pre-order now, with a release of 9 December: https://emotionwave.bandcamp.com

Emotion Wave is collaborating with Preston-based tape label Concrète, to release a limited edition double cassette tape, which will also be available in digital formats from Saturday 9 December. 

The album will be launched with a full day of live music from contributing artists at 81 Renshaw Street on the day of release: https://www.facebook.com/events/429533004115814

All proceeds from the sale and launch of Daffodils will go to Merseyside Domestic Violence Services (MDVS). MDVS, formally known as Chrysalis, supports vulnerable families who are at risk as a result of domestic violence/abuse (DV) especially over the festive season when DV increases and most services are closed.

Jacqui Nasuh, Project Manager at MDVS, commented: “Domestic violence is on the increase in Liverpool and this support from local musicians is invaluable to our charity, as it will enable us to provide additional support to local women and children.”

Album artwork by Matt Lewis: http://themodernworld.co.uk

For further information contact [email protected]

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Really thoughtful review of my album here from Alan O’Hare over at Liverpool Etc blog

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Honoured to be featured in the ‘new faces’ section of November’s edition of Rumore Magazine - available now

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Very excited to have a track featured on Alex (NMESH) Koenig’s 100-track The Caretaker tribute compilation, ‘Memories Overlooked’ - available to order soon on cassette boxset http://www.factmag.com/2017/10/05/caretaker-100-track-charity-compilation-memories-overlooked-nmesh-alzheimers - all proceeds go to Alzheimers Assocation.

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More Than Machine Remixes

Very pleased to have my track 'Pain Deconstruction' included on this remix compilation from Joe Evans / Runningonair. All profits from the release will go to Freedom United, an organisation dedicated to combating modern slavery throughout the world.

Featuring remixes from: Horsetail / Guy Birkin / Kemper Norton music / Ekoplekz / Olan Mill / Howlround / Leniad / Stephen Christopher Stamper / Joe Evans / Runningonair / Farmer Glitch / Skiks / Grohs / Clive Henry / Assembled Minds

Previews // https://soundcloud.com/runningonair/more-than-machine-remixes-excerpts

CDs + DLs available to preorder here //  https://runningonair.bandcamp.com/album/more-than-machine-remixes

Out 17/11/17

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Nice review of my album here from Alan O’Hare at Liverpool etc.

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Had the pleasure of making a mix for the superb Jupiter Room radio show - here’s an interview I did with show host Mike Stanton by way of introduction.

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DJ Food live set from Emotion Wave

It’s been very quiet here because I’ve been on a holiday of sorts in Liverpool. A holiday of the most bizarre, intense and pleasurable kind taking part in the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu‘s return to the public eye with their ‘Welcome To The Dark Ages’ 3-day situation. You may have seen some photos if you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen parts of it on the news or in the papers and I’m still writing up the whole episode for this blog. In the mean time, here’s my set from Emotion Wave last Saturday – a night not dissimilar in concept to my own Further nights, so much so that I even brought along some of my projections. Run by Neil Grant aka Lo Five it runs every two months at 81 Renshaw on Renshaw Street, Liverpool (which has a great little secondhand record shop down in the basement). As ...Read more…

Here are some words from DJ Food, who I had the pleasure of playing alongside at Emotion Wave.